Category Archives: Hamilton County

Margaret E Saxon

Margaret E “Maggie” Saxon
b. 28 November 1882, Howard County, Indiana, to Samuel and Caroline (Thomas) Saxon
d. after 1974

m. 23 December 1900, Howard County, Indiana
Pearl Burgan

Children with Pearl Burgan:

  • Ralph Burgan

Margaret resided in Howard County, and Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. She moved before 1924 to Detroit, Michigan.

Submitted by:
Dawne Slater-Putt
Huntertown IN
E-mail: dslaterput@aol.com

Julietta Saxon

Julietta Saxon
b. 20 January 1841, Delaware County, Indiana
d. 9 April 1926, Stanford, Cumberland County, Wisconsin

m/1.
Daniel Fisher
b. about 1828, Indiana, to Jacob and Mary (Moss) Fisher
d. 24 February 1865, Gallatin, Tennessee

m/2.
William McKay

m/3.
Charles White

Children with Daniel Fisher:

  • John Charles
  • James M. A.
  • Artha
  • Nettie/Frantia/Susanna

Children with William McKay:

  • Alice B. “Jennie”

Julietta resided in Delaware, Grant, Miami, and Hamilton counties in Indiana. She moved to Stanford, Cumberland County, Wisconsin, between 1920 and 1926.

Daniel Fisher died in the Civil War. Julietta’s second and third marriages ended in divorce.

Submitted by:
Dawne Slater-Putt
Huntertown IN
E-mail: dslaterput@aol.com

Julius Sanders Newby

Julius Sanders Newby
b. 31 August 1859, Hamilton County, Indiana, to Squire and Mary Jane (Colip) Newby
d. 8 October 1935, Shady Point, Leflore County, Oklahoma

m/1. 8 August 1880, Arcadia, Hamilton County, Indiana
Hester Ann Miller
b. 16 July 1863, Tipton County, Indiana
d. 1 June 1924, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma

m/2. after 1 June 1924
Ida Hurst

Children with Hester Ann Miller:

  • Roland Miller
  • Oren Miller
  • Ernest Lee
  • Lenna
  • Kittie
  • Ruth
  • Mary Jane
  • Edith Ford
  • Harry
  • Hester
  • Sandy Pete
  • Emma

Julius moved to Wichita, Kansas, about 1884. He was elected the first county attorney of Wichita County, Kansas, in 1887. Julius moved first to Missouri briefly, and then, in the fall of 1892, he homesteaded 80 acres in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, where he was elected county attorney in 1898 and county judge in 1924. After Hester’s death, Julius married Ida Hurst, a widow, and moved to Leflore County.

Submitted by:
Nancy Harris
Scottsdale AZ
E-mail: nanlue@juno.com

Me King Ees Anderson

ME KING EES ANDERSON
b. after 1780, possibly in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, to Chief William Anderson and the sister of Captain Patterson (Twee Hul Lah Lah)
d. about 1862, Kansas

m. around 1801, Anderson’s Town, along the White River in Madison County, Indiana
William Conner
b. 10 December 1777, Lichtenau, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
d. 28 August 1855, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana

Children with William Conner:

  • John (1802-1869) married (1) a Delaware Indian (name unknown), (2) Nancy Wilson, (3) Mrs. Charlotte Wolf Bullette
  • Hamilton (abt. 1805-aft. 1873) married a Caddo woman
  • Nancy (abt. 1805-abt. 1852) married (1) a Delaware Indian named Wilson, (2) John Quincy Adams, (3) remarried Wilson
  • William Marshall (abt. 1813-1861) married (1) Ah Le Now, (2) Nancy Qua To Too
  • James (abt. 1817-1877)
  • Eliza (1818-1877)

The family came to Anderson’s Town, Madison County, around 1798, then they began and operated Conner’s Trading Post in Hamilton County. In 1820, Me King Ees left with her children and her tribe as one of the provisions of the Treaty of Greenville. Me King Ees and William Marshall Conner set up a trading post on the Current River, then after 1822, they set up a post on the Red River in southwestern Arkansas.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN

Elisha Warford Lake and Rebecca Hanna

Elisha Warford Lake
b. 17 July 1799, probably Hunterdon County, New Jersey, to Zenas and [–?–] Lake
d. 23 April 1881, Lincoln, Rice County, Kansas

m. 17 February 1823, Marion County, Indiana
Rebecca (Hanna) Nugent
b. 8 January 1797, South Carolina
d. 12 July 1873, Cicero, Hamilton County, Indiana

Children with Rebecca (Hanna) Nugent:

  • Juliann or Julian (1829–1854)
  • Caroline (1830–1915)
  • Mary Elsa (1833–1914) married William C. Summers
  • Hannah (1835–1921) married Sanford S. Wright
  • Martin VanBuren (1837–1842)

Elisha Lake immigrated to Indiana from Hamilton County, Ohio, about 1821 with his parents and resided in three Indiana counties: Marion, Carroll, and Putnam. He moved to Rice County, Kansas, in 1876.

Rebecca Hanna, Elisha’s wife, married first William Nugent. They had a daughter, Rosanna.

Submitted by:
Jay Brown Wright
Fayetteville NY

 

Anna Margaretha Hofman

Anna Margaretha Hofman
b. 31 August 1791, Ober Ramstadt, Hessen, Germany, to Johann Leonard and Eva Catharine (Heim) Hofman
d. about 1867, Lyon County, Kansas

m.
Johann Adam Gunkel
b. 23 October 1789, Ober Ramstadt, Hessen, Germany
d. between 1839 and 1850, Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana

Children with Johann Adam Gunkel:

  • Anna Margaretha (1815–1818)
  • Marie Magdalene (1817–1867) married Frederick Brendel
  • Johann Michael (1820–1821)
  • Joannes (1822–1884) married Vienna Reeves
  • Heinrich (1824–1860) married Christine Kilgore
  • Elizabeth Barbara (b. 1826)
  • Johann Nicolaus (1828–1910) married Sena Reeves
  • Margaret (b. ca. 1833) married Sterling Overton

Anna immigrated to Indiana from Pennsylvania between 1833 and 1838. She resided in these Indiana counties: Marion, Morgan, and Hamilton. Anna moved to Kansas before her death in 1867.

Submitted by:
Regina Falcetto
Emporia KS

Horace Russell Henkle

Horace Russell Henkle
b. 1 November 1870, Jasper County, Indiana, to Lemual Wesley and Lucinda (Russell) Henkle
d. 11 October 1949, Paonia, Delta County, Colorado

m. 5 September 1895, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana
Effa Hope Phelps
b. 20 October 1875, Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana
d. 15 March 1952, Paonia, Delta County, Colorado

Children with Effa Hope Phelps:

  • Herman Henry (1900–1987)
  • Lydia (1902–1982)
  • Margaret (1904–1983)
  • Esther (1911–1987)
  • Charles Van (b. 1914)

Horace Henkle taught school in Jasper County, Indiana, for a time but chose to escape the fate of most tuberculosis sufferers by “going west” to work and live in the sunny, dry climate of Colorado. He emigrated from Indiana in 1895 to Colorado Springs, Colorado. After teaching there for a few years, he became a life-long farmer and fruit grower, pioneering a new planting of fruit trees in Mesa County, Colorado.

Copies of a pictorial family history, Ancestors and Descendants of Horace Russell and Effa Hope Phelps Henkle, have been donated to the Allen County Public Library, the historical library of Hamilton County, Indiana, and other genealogical libraries by four of their children.

Submitted by:
Charles Van Henkle
Lincoln NE

John Carson

John Carson
b. 16 February 1815, Butler County, Ohio, to John and Nancy (Potts) Carson
d. 18 November 1895, Rockdale, Dubuque County, Iowa

m. 24 January 1850
Abigail Beckwith
b. 28 August 1828, Hamilton County, Indiana, to Harris and Amanda (Leaming) Beckwith
d. 22 November 1867, Dubuque County, Iowa

Children with Abigail Beckwith:

  • Mary Elizabeth
  • Adelia Leaming
  • Harris B.
  • John
  • Margaret Jane
  • Allen W.
  • Nancy Jennifer
  • William D.
  • Emily
  • Edith Lorene
  • Abigail R.

John moved to Dubuque County, Iowa, in 1850.

Submitted by:
Glenis House Sherwood
Hampden ME

Frederich Brindle

Frederich Brindle
b. 26 February 1813, Germany
d. 29 October 1882, Lyon, Kansas

m.
Marie Magdalene Gunkel
b. 14 September 1817, Ober Ramstadt, Hessen, Germany, to Johann Adam and Anna Margaretha (Hofmann) Gunkel
d. about 1867, Lyon County, Kansas

Children with Marie Magdalene Gunkel:

  • Lewis Adam (1838-1886) married Mary Ann Crites
  • Elizabeth Christina (1842-1914) married Samuel Thompson French
  • Caroline (1843-1947) married Owen Nutt
  • Margaret (b. 1845)
  • Mary (b. 1847)
  • Louisa (b. 1850) married John C. Gunkel
  • William John (1852-1913)
  • Pamilla (1855-1931)
  • Matilda
  • Carl
  • Franklin F. (1861-1942) married Mary Ann McAntee

Frederich immigrated to Indiana from Pennsylvania between 1833 and 1838. He resided in Hamilton and Morgan counties in Indiana. The family emigrated from Indiana between 1856 and 1860 to Jefferson, Wayne County, Missouri.

Submitted by:
Regina Falcetto
Emporia KS